Search and replace with TAB character in Sublime Text 2

Question

In Sublime Text 2, I want search and replace by the TAB character.

I tried replacing with \t char but it's not working.

How can I do it?

Answer 1

You can use regular expressions by clicking on this button:

The regex for a Tab character is \t.

Answer 2

The accepted answer only give half of the answer to the question

If you want to replace ',' and insert tab:

But to replace the tab text with real tab you first have to replace tab text with a different character, and then do the tab insert:

Step1/2)

Step2/2)